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FT Saturday, April 25, 2026
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FC Cincinnati WLDDD 2
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Match Report

Denkey's double propels Cincinnati past Red Bulls

Kévin Denkey scored twice in the first half to back Roman Celantano and FC Cincinnati blanked the New York Red Bulls 2-0 on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
9
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
7
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
6
51.9
Possession
48.1
19
SHOTS
15
6
ON GOAL
5
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
2
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
415
Accurate Passes
396
476
Passes
463
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
12
Accurate Crosses
5
31
Crosses
10
0.4
Cross %
0.5
27
Long Balls
64
17
Accurate Long Balls
39
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
3
11
Effective Tackles
13
21
Tackles
22
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
11
Interceptions
12
7
Effective Clearances
22
7
Clearances
22

Head to Head

RBNY leads series 3-2

Lineups

CIN · 3-4-1-2

  1. 18Roman CelentanoG
  2. 88Andrei ChirilaCD
  3. 11Samuel GidiCD-L
  4. 24Kyle SmithCD-R
  5. 27Tah AnungaCM-L
  6. 22Gerardo ValenzuelaCM-R
  7. 10EvanderAM
  8. 29Bryan RamirezLM
  9. 20Pavel BuchaRM
  10. 9Kévin DenkeyCF-L
  11. 17Kenji Mboma DemCF-R

RBNY · 4-3-3

  1. 34Ethan HorvathG
  2. 26Tim ParkerCD-L
  3. 12Dylan NealisCD-R
  4. 23Joyeux Masanka BungiLB
  5. 3Jahkeele Marshall-RuttyRB
  6. 15Adri MehmetiCM
  7. 4Gustaf BeggrenLM
  8. 48Ronald DonkorRM
  9. 16Julian HallF
  10. 37Mohammed SofoLF
  11. 7Cade CowellRF

Timeline

  1. 18' Joyeux Masanka Bungi (New York Red Bulls) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 31' Bryan Ramírez (FC Cincinnati) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 40' Goal! FC Cincinnati 1, New York Red Bulls 0. Kévin Denkey (FC Cincinnati) right footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Pavel Bucha.
  4. 45'+5' Goal! FC Cincinnati 2, New York Red Bulls 0. Kévin Denkey (FC Cincinnati) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  5. 45' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Matthew Dos Santos replaces Joyeux Masanka Bungi.
  6. 61' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Ender Echenique replaces Pavel Bucha.
  7. 61' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Tom Barlow replaces Kenji Mboma Dem.
  8. 62' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Emil Forsberg replaces Gustav Berggren.
  9. 62' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Jorge Ruvalcaba replaces Mohammed Sofo.
  10. 73' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Rafael Mosquera replaces Cade Cowell.
  11. 78' Adri Mehmeti (New York Red Bulls) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 79' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Ayoub Lajhar replaces Bryan Ramírez.
  13. 79' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Ayoub Jabbari replaces Kévin Denkey.
  14. 85' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Nehuén Benedetti replaces Ronald Donkor.
  15. 89' Substitution, FC Cincinnati. Gilberto Flores replaces Kyle Smith.

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